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PhotosfromMissionsMercury-Atlas4and9
March9– May9,2023
Les dimensions indiquées sont celles des papier des tirages.
The dimensions indicated are those of the paper of the prints
The Mercury-Atlas 4 mission, launched in 1961, was one of the early missions in the United States' space program. While it was not as well-known as some of the later missions, such as Apollo 11, it was an important step in the development of space technology and our understanding of the universe. One of the most notable aspects of this mission was the imagery it captured of the Earth and the surrounding space.
La mission Mercury-Atlas 4, lancée en 1961, a été l'une des premières missions du programme spatial des États-Unis. Bien qu'elle ne soit pas aussi connue que certaines des missions ultérieures, telles qu'Apollo 11, ce fut une étape importante dans le développement de la technologie spatiale et de notre compréhension de l'univers. L'un des aspects les plus remarquables de cette mission était l'imagerie capturée de la Terre et de l'espace environnant.
The imagery captured during the Mercury-Atlas 4 mission was an important step in the development of space technology and our understanding of the universe. The images of the Earth and the surrounding space provided new perspectives on our planet and inspired future generations of scientists and explorers. The mission was a testament to human ingenuity and determination, and the images it captured remain an important part of our history and heritage.
The Mercury-Atlas 9 mission, launched in 1963, was one of the most significant events in the early history of space exploration. The mission marked the successful completion of a 22-orbit mission by astronaut Gordon Cooper, becoming the longest U.S. space flight at the time. The imagery of this mission captures the wonder, excitement, and fear of a new frontier being explored. The mission marked the end of the Mercury program and paved the way for future manned missions to the moon.
The imagery of the mission is an important part of our cultural heritage, capturing the wonder, excitement, and fear of a new frontier being explored. These images continue to inspire generations and serve as a reminder of our ongoing quest to explore and understand the universe.
Many of those pictures are unknown to the public. The prints on display are of a extraordinary condition. The colors are vivid and give a sens of contemporariness to the subject.
Les images capturées lors de la mission Mercury-Atlas 4 ont été une étape importante dans le développement de la technologie spatiale et de notre compréhension de l'univers. Les images de la Terre et de l'espace environnant offrent de nouvelles perspectives sur notre planète et inspirent les futures générations de scientifiques et d'explorateurs. La mission a témoigné de l'ingéniosité et de la détermination humaines, et les images qu'elle a capturées demeurent une partie importante de notre histoire et de notre patrimoine.
La mission Mercury-Atlas 9, lancée en 1963, a été l'un des événements les plus importants de l'histoire des débuts de l'exploration spatiale. La mission a marqué l'achèvement réussi d'une mission de 22 orbites par l'astronaute Gordon Cooper, devenant le plus long vol spatial américain à l'époque. L'imagerie de cette mission capture l'émerveillement, l'excitation et la peur d'une nouvelle frontière explorée. La mission a marqué la fin du programme Mercury et a ouvert la voie à de futures missions habitées sur la Lune.
L'imagerie de la mission est une partie importante de notre patrimoine culturel, capturant l'émerveillement, l'excitation et la peur d'une nouvelle frontière explorée. Ces images continuent d'inspirer des générations et rappellent notre quête continue pour explorer et comprendre l'univers.
Beaucoup de ces images sont inconnues du public. Les tirages exposés sont d'un état de conservation extraordinaire. Les couleurs sont vives et donnent une impression de modernité au sujet.
Indian Ocean with clouds from Space
S-63-6450 | May 16, 1963
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Figure 14.1 - Extremely rareProbably the first, human-taken, photograph taken of the Indian Ocean from Space.
Original photography
Vintage Chromogenic Print on 'A Kodak Paper'
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
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S-63-6442 | May 16, 1963
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Figure 14.2 - Extremely rareProbably the first, human-taken, photograph taken of the Indian from Space.
Original photography
Vintage Chromogenic Print on 'A Kodak Paper'
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
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South of Hawaii –
about 12°N, 166°W
S-63-6428 | May 16, 1963
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Figure 14.7 - Extremely rareProbably the first, human-taken, (astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr), photograph taken of Hawaii from Space.
Original photography
Vintage Chromogenic Print on 'A Kodak Paper'
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
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Indus River above Hyderabad
S-63-6455 | May 16, 1963
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Figure 14.9 - Extremely rareProbably the first, human-taken, (astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr), photograph taken of Indus River above Hyderabad from Space.
Original photography
Vintage Chromogenic Print on 'A Kodak Paper'
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
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S-63-6445 | May 16, 1963
Blue Tab Number
Figure 14.11 - Extremely rareProbably the first, human-taken, (astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr), photograph taken of Himalayas in the India-Nepal-Tibet border area, from Space.
Original photography
Vintage Chromogenic Print on 'A Kodak Paper'
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
ROBERT R. GILRUTH, Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, NASA, points out: "This photo of the Himalayan region is almost vertical from an altitude of approximately 90 nautical miles. The China-Nepal border zigzags across the lower half of the picture. The largest single feature, approximately in the left center, is the completely snow-covered Gurla Manadhata Massif, with a peak elevation of 25 335 feet. The high peaks in Nepal are cloud covered, but the clear view of the Tibetan region shows much hitherto unknown detail of this remote and poorly explored area of Asia."
HIMALAYAS IN THE INDIA-NEPALTIBET BORDER AREA - 2
S-63-6441 | May 16, 1963
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Figure 14.12 - Extremely rareProbably the first, human-taken, (astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr), photograph taken of Himalayas in the India-Nepal-Tibet border area, from Space.
Original photography
Vintage Chromogenic Print on 'A Kodak Paper'
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
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TIBETAN LAKE COUNTRY NORTH OF KATMANDU AND WEST OF LHASA - 1
S-63-6454 | May 16, 1963
Blue Tab Number
Figure 14.13 - Extremely rareProbably the first, human-taken, (astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr), photograph taken of the Tibetan Lake Country, from Space.
Original photography
Vintage Chromogenic Print on 'A Kodak Paper'
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
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TIBETAN LAKE COUNTRY NORTH OF KATMANDU AND WEST OF LHASA - 2
S-63-6430 | May 16, 1963
Blue Tab Number
Figure 14.14 - Extremely rareProbably the first, human-taken, (astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr), photograph taken of the Tibetan Lake Country, from Space.
Original photography
Vintage Chromogenic Print on 'A Kodak Paper'
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
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TIBETAN LAKE COUNTRY NORTH OF KATMANDU AND WEST OF LHASA - 3
S-63-6431 | May 16, 1963
Blue Tab Number
Figure 14.15 - Extremely rare -
Probably the first, human-taken, (astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr), photograph taken of Tibetan lake country north of Katmandu and West of Lhasa, from Space.
Original photography
Vintage Chromogenic Print on 'A Kodak Paper'
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
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S-63-6446 | May 16, 1963
Blue Tab Number
Figure 14.16 - Extremely rare - Probably the first, human-taken, (astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr), photograph taken of clouds over Pacific Ocean off Southeast coast of Japan, from Space.
Original photography
Vintage Chromogenic Print on 'A Kodak Paper'
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
Se renseignerS-63-6443 | May 16, 1963
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Figure 14.17 - Extremely rareProbably the first, human-taken, (astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr), photograph taken of a northwestlooking view across Pakistan, eastern Iran and Afghanistan, from Space.
Original photography
Vintage Chromogenic Print on 'A Kodak Paper'
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
Se renseignerHIMALAYAS, TIBET, CHINA, INDIA AND BURMA
S-63-6429 | May 16, 1963
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Figure 14.18 - Extremely rare -
Probably the first, human-taken, (astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr), photograph taken of the eastern Himalayas, Tibet, China, India and Burma, from Space.
Original photography
Vintage Chromogenic Print on 'A Kodak Paper'
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
Se renseigner
S-63-6432 | May 16, 1963
Blue Tab Number
Figure 14.19 - Extremely rareProbably the first, human-taken, (astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr), photograph taken of the Indus Valley River in Kashmir, from Space.
Original photography
Vintage Chromogenic Print on 'A Kodak Paper'
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
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S-63-6444 | May 16, 1963
Blue Tab Number
Figure 14.20 - Extremely rareProbably the first, human-taken, (astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr), photograph taken of western Tibet and Kashmir near Headwaters of Indus, from Space.
Original photography
Vintage Chromogenic Print on 'A Kodak Paper'
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
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Lake Ch'in-Tzu-Hu is at upper right, Lake Yen-K'o-Ling-Ts is at lower left center. The Kora Karam Range is at upper center portion of the picture.S-63-6456 | May 16, 1963
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Figure 14.21 - Extremely rareProbably the first, human-taken, (astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr), photograph taken of Lakes of western Tibet, from Space.
Original photography
Vintage Chromogenic Print on 'A Kodak Paper'
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
S-63-6440 | May 16, 1963
Blue Tab Number
Figure 14.22 - Extremely rareProbably the first, human-taken, (astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr), photograph taken of the Tibetan Plateau in north-central Tibet, from Space.
Original photography
Vintage Chromogenic Print on 'A Kodak Paper'
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
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S-63-6439 | May 16, 1963
Blue Tab Number
Figure 14.23 - Extremely rareProbably the first, human-taken, (astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr), photograph taken of Chengdu, Sichuan Province in China, from Space.
Original photography
Vintage Chromogenic Print on 'A Kodak Paper'
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
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S-63-6438 | May 16, 1963
Blue Tab Number
Figure 14.24 - Extremely rareProbably the first, human-taken, (astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr), photograph taken of Changsha, Province of Hunan in China, from Space.
Original photography
Vintage Chromogenic Print on 'A Kodak Paper'
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
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Changsha area in China, showing Tung Ting lake region.
FORMOSA - TAIWAN (臺灣)
S-63-6437 | May 16, 1963
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Figure 14.25 - Extremely rareProbably the first, human-taken, (astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr), photograph taken of Taiwan, from Space.
Original photography
Vintage Chromogenic Print on 'A Kodak Paper'
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
The southern portion of the island of Taiwan (Formosa), Formosa Straight and the Pacific Ocean, looking northeast, as photographed from the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) capsule by astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr, during his 22-orbit MA-9 spaceflight.
S-63-6436 | May 16, 1963
Blue Tab Number
Figure 14.26 - Extremely rareProbably the first, human-taken, (astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr), photograph taken of Solomon Islands, from Space.
Original photography
Vintage Chromogenic Print on 'A Kodak Paper'
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
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S-63-6434 | May 16, 1963
Blue Tab Number
Figure 14.29 - Extremely rareProbably the first, human-taken, (astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr), photograph taken of the south coast of Arabia, Aden Gulf and Hadhramaut mountains in Yemen, from Space.
Original photography
Vintage Chromogenic Print on 'A Kodak Paper'
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
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S-63-6433 | May 16, 1963
Blue Tab Number
Figure 14.30 - Extremely rareProbably the first, human-taken, (astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr), photograph taken of Atlas Mountains, Morocco, with clouds over the Atlantic Ocean , from Space.
Original photography
Vintage Chromogenic Print on 'A Kodak Paper'
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
Se renseigner
S62-01285 | MA-4-4713-205 |Sept 13, 1961
- Extremely rare -
Probably, the first photograph of Morocco, from Space. From the Straight of Gibraltar to Cabo Yubi.
Sequence # 185
View of Earth with horizon
Original photography
Vintage Chromogenic Print on 'A Kodak Paper'
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
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MA-4-4713-132 | Sept 13, 1961
- Extremely rare -
The first photograph of Hurricane Carla, from Space.
Sequence # 112
View of Earth with horizon
Original photography
Vintage Chromogenic Print on 'A Kodak Paper'
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
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MA-4-4713-135 | Sept 13, 1961
- Extremely rare -
The first photograph of Hurricane Carla, from Space.
Sequence # 115
View of Earth with horizon
Original photography
Vintage Chromogenic Print on 'A Kodak Paper'
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
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CLOUDS OVER NIGER, LIBYA AND CHAD
MA-4-4713-270 | Sept 13, 1961
- Extremely rare -
The first photograph of the border of Niger, Libya and Chad, from Space.
Sequence # 250
View of Earth with horizon
Original photography
Vintage Chromogenic Print on 'A Kodak Paper'
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
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LAKE TURKANA IN NORTHERN KENYA - 1
MA-4-4713-334 |Sept 13, 1961
- Extremely rareProbably, the first photograph of Kenya, from Space.
Sequence # 310
View of Earth with horizon
Original photography
Vintage Chromogenic Print on 'A Kodak Paper'
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
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LAKE TURKANA IN NORTHERN KENYA - 2
MA-4-4713-350 |Sept 13, 1961
- Extremely rareProbably, the first photograph of Kenya, from Space.
Sequence # 330
View of Earth with horizon
Original photography
Vintage Chromogenic Print on 'A Kodak Paper'
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
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LAKE TURKANA IN NORTHERN KENYA - 3
MA-4-4713-354 |Sept 13, 1961
- Extremely rareProbably, the first photograph of Kenya, from Space.
Sequence # 334
View of Earth with horizon
Original photography
Vintage Chromogenic Print on 'A Kodak Paper'
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
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LAKE TURKANA IN NORTHERN KENYA - 4
MA-4-4713-355 |Sept 13, 1961
- Extremely rareProbably, the first photograph of Kenya, from Space.
Sequence # 335
View of Earth with horizon
Original photography
Vintage Chromogenic Print on 'A Kodak Paper'
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
Se renseigner
